Tubular-plate press and folder



' Dec. l0, 1929.

E. W. DEAN TUBULAR PLATE PRESS AND FOLDER Filed July 24 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet l Dec. l0, 1929. E, w. DEAN n 1,738,761

TUBULAR PLATE PRE's's .AND FOLDER Filed July 2, 192e s Smets-sheet 2 Dec. l0, 1929. E. W.^DEAN TUBULAR PLATE PRESS AND FOLDER Filed July 2, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet v INVENTOR. @JWM A TTORNE Y Y presses of the type disclosed in Bechman Pat*-V Patented Uecu 10, 1929 nutren si'eias orfFicE i PREss COMPANY, or BATTLE' ORRER',MIOHIGAN, A. CORPORATION or MIOHrGAN' TUBULAR-PLATE `PRESS ANDYFOLDER 'Application friedy July a v192e. senti No. assiali.

This invention is an improvement in web`V printing and folding presses and has'particular reference to single-page tubular-plate ent No. 867,230, dated october 1st,'1907, in

which each plate cylinder carries two tubular single-page plates and prints upon a two -page wide web.

These so-called tubular pressesv operate on the so-called straight line principle, and print duplicate consecutive impressions upon y the web so that no collecting is ever required.

Y The present invention is especially designed for'use in connection with tubular presses having three or more decks and capable of printing E24 or lmore newspaper pages at each operation.' Heretofore. such presses have sometimes been provided with two folders so o that they could print and deliver twopapers over to and associated with the webspassing. the former of the other folder, anddelivered simultaneously in book fold; alsofheretofore` two folders have been arranged one above the` other. to enable two book fold papers to 4be delivered simultaneously from one suchl press.

With such a superposedarrangement of foldf. ers one group.` of webs after passing the former of one folder .could be led to thefirst' fold rolls'of/the other folder so that a single paper wouldbe delivered in ltwo seetions by the latter folder. .Y l V p .Alsoheretofore two such tubular presses have been arrangedside byr side each withaA folder, so that each might deliver la .paper in book fold; or the webs from one -P'ress after` passing vthe former of its folder could be -led as one large paper in two sections'. 4Theuse of a plurality of folders involvesconsiderable expense; Y and v to arrange two folders or' formers oneabove the other necessitates a great deal of head room in the press room, and also requires the pressman -to climb up on a platform to get access to the upper folder or former in threading webs thereto.

The two-page wide tubularv presses heretof fore made with one folder could not deliver` any product in sections; while an, ordinary semi-circular plate `press equipped; 'with du-i plicate plates and lone folder candelivera newspaper. book fold upl to, ful'. capacity,

where such presses are to be installed there isv not sufficient head roomto permit the' use ofan eXtra former or an eXtrajfolder superposed above the other; and to provide duplicate folders dadds materially tothe cost of the outt.`g .p i' 'Ifh'e obj ect of the present invention' is to enable a single width tubular page press, using single plateonly, to deliver itsnproduct either in book fold or in sections, without requiring any additional head room inthe press room, and without necessitating the employment of two folders.

In accordance with my invention I provide meansV whereby Vpart of thewebs coming from the press may be deflected laterally tojand over aformer placed at one side of the press *folder` insu-ch positionI that the webs after passing such former maybe led back to the folder and be assembled with'the webs passing the former of such folder; thus enabling papers to beideliveredV in'-`se`c`tions? ify de-. siredor all'the'webs can be led direct to the folder and the papers be delivered in booky over-the auxiliary former papers can be delivered in sections.

`'-Ioenableothers to'V fully understand and use the kinvention I 'will' explain the same with reference -to theA .accompanyingl drawings-in which; n j; n

Figure'l is aside` elevation of aportion of an ordinary M-pagetwo-page wide tubular eo. I

plate press and folder7 equipped with my attachment to enable it to deliver papers in sec- .e Y comprising two plate cylindersP and two impression cylinders I, ad'ikingjnecha- 'nisms (not shown). platecylindergPy;`

is adapted to carry two tubular single page plates andi each fperfeetingimeoh'anism ewill r print four-f; pagesJ ony myweb. y'Lhere farefftwol. suehperfectinglmechanismseinxeacli deckybnt y V onlyI one set'of perfecting?rnechagiismslirrieazh p necessary. Y

deck is indicated .infEigure` l. 0flthejfdraw- 1n s. 1

glwo webs, wg-and fw? :are przinted onf .the lower deck;- -twoyfwebs 'ausland 4are zprint/edf on. the-middle deck andtwofwebs-wandere" j' are eprinted ontheupperdeck. .,Eaelof these;` webs may :be led over suitable.guidesy.asfindi-J4 cated inflllig.v 1, directly/to -theL-rollenvAt atfthe topV ofthe -forlnergFf of-A ai -,folder.whieh. isarranged directlyy inlineqwith-and. at oneend. of; thefpress j; :so thateach ofthewebs-.eanfbefnun in*I a l straightline ffroim :its web.frolllfto-iv and through the related printing meehanismtand? to and over former Eandfbeidirecteditheneby betweenv the first. fold .rollers iB .andthence betweenthe-.usual eutting cylindersg'() andl), and vbe severed 1 'andi the.. papers ejected-be-` tween thefse'cond fold rolls (notfshownyof usual-construction; fthe productl of thejpress when the webs'are thus assembledbeing pa-l persfdelivered in-bookfold- Y yThe `particular -construet-ion. offthev folderV forms no :partvof theA present invention. ,:It maybe offordinary or desired..construe-A Y tion, except that noeollecting devicesareern- .'oloyed-further ...explanation thereof..Visgnn#A .i The .tubularV press and f ,foldersoefar.Adel-g scribed are well. knowniandwill deliver'book ityof the press.

"To enablel such aftwo-page V:vi/fiele'@tubular piatapressao.deliver; papers Vin' reactions ofwanglebars; Band 4 arrangedlbetweenthe press rvparallel with the rollerszQg-t Seandl 24axand` whenV desired; I provide-guides whereby sonnel oft-he printedwebs c-anJoe directedover asset y in" a'iframe 5 fat-'fonedde'bftheifolderffandf a pair of first fold rolls B lare'providedadiabevel gears 6a from a shaft 6; which may be driven by gears 16" from the shaft of roll C; the gearing is such that the rolls B will be driven in unison with the first fold rolls B.

The roller A may be driven by a train of gears 71% from the saine shaft 7l-which through gears/7 21R-drives the rollerA. The` gearing for ldrivingthe roller A and first fold rolls B of the folder forms no partof the present inventiongrhriitthe'shifts 61 andvv 7' ofthe'j'folder' eane'beefxtended asshown,- andactua'lgearing 7provided tod-rivethe roller A lin unison with e f Below the rolls B isa web guide'8 and adjacent fthisfizseam-:adjustable web: :gui-def. 9? by whiclr` guides -the dongitndinglly foldeh` webs passingathe formerfFff. may be' direeted'frfroni rdll'Bf-eitoirollsfB;Jandfzthere'fasseibledewith the webs passingtlieformerF. 'Y

the rller'A, andf'the rolls B in unison 'with -wsWheIi such-y a pressfisfoperati-ng atrfulll-:ca-

pacity in' theiordinary:manner;y .andeasrheretofore necessary where it had but oneifolder, the webstwrandeo 'fromth loweevdeckf-we're leddigreetlygtoroller Afattheitopfofethefforrnff e111?, .asrshown inffull flinesilrEig: 1 ;ffandthe web'sfif'wa; fandf #we .front-'the .zseoondf` gaand'` webs' f'wqandeiv. tffrmnftheenpperadeck'; @were pressi vwas':operatingfiat full;napacityiupage papersi delfiveredirin boiokff'old aszdeser-ibedm e or fiffd'esirjedfthe papersfo'anbeideliveredfili` sections. 'f Irrrsueh'ica'sepsome ofxtherwebs' inl stead-ltvbeingfleddirectfto -frolleraArarefledto i thean'glebars.and'diverteda-nd; passed to and overfthe'formfens E'fand after` being longitudinally foldedfthereby are-fledbaclnztotheffold-z ing rolls B2' offftheffblder, 4andf.passediwith :the webs coming over1thevformer Ettolthe eutting andifol-dingfrlls G; fandDifand thes product delivered in twosections. u g

faiEor fexampleiif itfis rdesiredrtdprodueeQll page: papers inftwoisetions,nkthevr websiwgwwz a'nd'f'w@Seoul(libe fled direct to rolleriAaas'irdicated in full 1ines1firif^Eigi f1 gfbutrthe web ros fio

ifs Y gie bar 3 ;ftlienee to anglebar: 3e', thence to the then led under guide 8 and over guide 9 to and between the first fold rolls B of the folder, where they are assembled side by side with the group of webs (w, @02 and w3), which had been led directly to roller A. and folded longitudinally by the former F. l/Vhen the webs are led in the manner described the papers delivered from the folder' lwill be in two sections of 12 pages each.

I'have described the delivery of 24 page papers in two equal 12 page sections; but obviously if additional perfecting mechanism or additional decks are employed, papers of larger size and of greater variety can be produced.

With this' invention a single page tubular press of anysiz'e can be made to deliver papers up to the full capacity of the press in either book fold or sections. Of course the size of the papers as a whole, and the number of pages in each section, can be varied according to the number of webs employed.

A press equipped with my invention can be conveniently and readily threadedV by a ed webs from the auxiliary former can be directed to the rst fold rolls of the folder to be assembled with the other webs passing direct to the folder to produce papers in sections.

3. In combination; a tubular plate press having a folder at one end of the press and in line therewith, said folder having a former, first fold rolls and cutting and delivery rolls; and guides for directing the webs from kthe press in aI straight line to the former of said folder, to produce book fold papers; with an auxiliary former arranged` at one side of the press adjacent the former of the folder, a pair of first fold rolls adjacent the apex Yof the auxiliary former, sets of angle bars and lweb guides whereby webs coming from the press Y may be deflected and directed to andfover the auxiliary former to be folded longitudinally thereby, and guides for directing the longitudinally folded webs from the 'folding webs-v of the auxiliary former to the foldingy rolls ofthe folder lto be assembled with the webs passing the folder former to produce papers in sections.

EDMUND W. DEAN.

pressman standing on the floor, as the web i guides, angle bars and formers are easily accessible.

The auxiliary former F and the angle bars 2a, 3a and 4 can be arranged in line with the space at the side of the press which is required for proper access to the mechanisms of the press, and in order to plate and unpla-te the cylinders.

I claim 1. In combination; a single page tubular plate press having a folder adjacent one end thereof and means for directing webs in a straight line from the press direct to the folder, to produce book fold papers; with an auxiliary former at one side of the press adjacent the former of the folder; angle bars and web guides whereby part of the webs can be diverted and passed to the auxiliary former and longitudinally folded, and guides for directing such diverted longitudinally folded webs back to the folder to be assembled with other webs passing direct to the folder to produce papers in sections.

2. In combination; a tubular plate press having a folder at onev end of and in line therewith, said folder having a former, first fold rolls, and cutting and delivery rolls; and guides for directing the webs from the press vme in a straight line to the former of said folder Y former to be longitudinally folded thereby; v

and guides whereby the longitudinally fold- 

